Nairn's Oatcakes to open new gluten-free facility in Scotland

Nairn's Oatcakes is to open a new gluten-free production facility in Scotland later this year, the UK group has told just-food.

Export sales manager Katie Birrell said yesterday (16 June) the new factory, which is scheduled to open in Edinburgh, "will be considerably larger" than the group's existing "core factory" in the city.

Production processes at the new site will be "much more automated", in line with automated processes already introduced at the existing facility, which will continue to operate, Birrell said.

Key developments over the past year have included repositioning Nairn's in the US market from wheat-free to gluten-free. Birrell said all Nairn's products in the US are now gluten free with the exception of one – Nairn's organic oat crackers.

The US, where Nairn's has a subsidiary, represents one of the company's largest export markets along with South Africa, Malta and Cyprus. It also has a presence in France, Spain and Portugal.